UNBC earned kudos for its tuition waivers, parental leave and subsidized memberships at the Northern Sport Centre in the latest edition of the B.C. top employers competition organized by Mediacorp.

A strong sense of community is important to Daleiah Barker. As president of the Afro-Caribbean Student Association at UNBC, Barker sees events that promote a deeper understanding of the different cultural backgrounds of our students, faculty and staff as a critical way to strengthen our community on campus.

Joyce Henley provides specialized counselling services to students from Indigenous, Black and People of Colour backgrounds. She brings her own experience as a biracial person with an African-American father and white mother to her role.

Not only did the team captains generate enough interest for UNBC to send 10 teams to the 2023 JDC West Competition in January, but the delegation captured four trophies at the three-day event which attracts the top business students from across Western Canada.

CUPE 2278 and UNBC ratified a three-year collective agreement consistent with the Shared Recovery mandate.

The Northern Baccalaureate Nursing Program at UNBC is expanding with a new location in Prince George that will start in September 2023.

UNBC faculty Dr. Sheila Blackstock and Dr. Daniel Sims are stepping into the roles of Academic Co-Leads at the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health, as longtime Academic Lead Dr. Margo Greenwood moves on into her new role as Senator in the federal government.

Fourth-year Computer Science student Elizabeth Norman received an Instructor Recognition Award from Actua for her work with young people in northern B.C. through UNBC's Active Minds program.

Over the past five years, UNBC placed first among universities in its tier for the percentage of funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. UNBC received $7.7 million over the span, representing 12.6 per cent of UNBC's total research income.